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The Underwood Centre's first PhD graduate highlights the benefits …

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27 Mar 2024: In a milestone moment for the Peter Underwood Centre at the University of Tasmania, Debra Urquhart became the first PhD graduate supervised through the Centre on 20 March 2024. The ceremony marked the culmination of years of dedicated research about
Applications open for Hedberg Writer-in-Residence

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6 Mar 2024: Applications are open for a unique $30,000 writing residency based at the University of Tasmania. The Hedberg Writer-in-Residence program, now in its fourth year, allows an established Australian author to live and work in Tasmania for three
Community library inspires love for learning

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20 May 2024: The University of Tasmania’s Cradle Coast campus has become a Street Library Australia destination thanks to an initiative led by local staff. During weekdays, a small collection of free books to inspire all ages can be found directly outside the
Introducing The Hedberg Sounds

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22 Mar 2024: A new series of critically acclaimed performances gets underway at The Hedberg this month, showcasing Hobart’s home of intimate and unique music experiences. The Hedberg Sounds program will present five diverse performances from local and national
New perspectives, and friendships, as students return from UniGO

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23 Feb 2024: Dolphin spotting might not be the usual way an Arts/Law student spends their days but, for Lily Hansson, it was a highlight of her recent UniGO sustainability experience in Malaysia. And, she discovered, it’s done a little differently off the
Pianist Sarah Chick awarded Ossa Music Prize

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14 Jul 2023: Pianist Sarah Chick has been awarded the prestigious 2023 Ossa Music Prize with a program highlighting the work of lesser-known women composers. Third-year Bachelor of Music student Sarah receives a prize valued at $10,000, which includes $2500 for
100% of young people surveyed believe that every secondary school…

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24 Jan 2024: Since 2017, we have worked in partnership with the State Government to deliver and grow our School-Higher Education Learning Hubs (Uni Hubs) at Claremont College and Newstead College. In 2023, Uni Hubs were also embedded at Don College, Hellyer
Into the future: this year's Westpac Scholars announced

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11 Apr 2024: Four new Westpac Scholarship winners are diving into their studies at the University of Tasmania this year. Two have received sought-after Westpac Future Leaders Scholarships worth $120,000 each, and two are headed overseas on Westpac Asian Exchange
Applications open for new ASEAN scholarships

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18 Apr 2024: Applications are now open for the prestigious Australia for ASEAN scholarships. The program aims to support students undertaking a Master by Research degree to develop the skills and knowledge to drive change and help build enduring people links
New scholarship for next generation of teachers

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1 Nov 2023: The University has partnered with the Tasmanian Government to help ensure the state has the quality teachers it needs with a new scholarship valued at up to $31,000. The Teach Tasmania Scholarship will be made available to eligible Bachelor of
Speculative fiction author Eugen Bacon to be 2024 Hedberg…

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23 May 2024: Award-winning African Australian speculative fiction author Eugen Bacon will be the 2024 Hedberg Writer-in-Residence. Eugen has been awarded the $30,000 residency, which consists of a three-month stint in Hobart writing, working with students and
Hive mind at work in new learning destination

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2 May 2024: Over the past few months, the Underwood Centre's Limitless Learning team has facilitated ten intergenerational workshops with local students and families at Hive Tasmania. This has led to the creation of educational resources by kids, for kids, that
Doctor training to be delivered on North West Coast from 2025

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6 Mar 2024: Students wanting to pursue a career in medicine will be able to start and finish a medical degree on the North-West Coast from 2025. The move will provide greater access and opportunity for people to pursue a medical career and help support future
Antarctic science and art meet for Tasmanian premiere of…

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4 Apr 2024: A unique collaboration between the arts and sciences at the University of Tasmania will be realised with the Tasmanian premiere of the groundbreaking opera ANTARCTICA this month. ANTARCTICA in concert will represent the culmination of work begun
Lids4Kids to find a new Tasmanian home at The Makers

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7 May 2024: After a three-year hiatus, the Lids4Kids recycling initiative is returning to the state with the help of the University of Tasmania’s Tech Solutions Hub. Founded in 2019 by Canberra-based full-time Dad Tim Miller, the grass-roots project has since
Transforming The Makers with the NW community

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5 Feb 2024: The North-West can now benefit from a modern centre of ‘making’ that hosts hands-on learning experiences, progresses business ideas, and advances the region’s key industries through specialised technology, training and research. Burnie’s
Visual artists invited to apply for McAuley Fellowship

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28 Mar 2024: Applications are open for the $10,000 James McAuley Creative Fellowship offered by the University of Tasmania. The 2024 fellowship will support an established Australian visual artist to work with students and the Tasmanian community. The recipient
King Island shipwreck the focus for Hedberg Writer-in-Residence

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9 Jun 2023: Crafting a new novel about a King Island shipwreck survivor will be the focus when award-winning author Michelle Cahill arrives as The Hedberg Writer-in-Residence later this year. Cahill has been awarded the $30,000 residency, which consists of a
It's OK to be bored: engaging children with art through Limitless …

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19 Feb 2024: A gallery guide and program designed with kids, for kids, launched recently at the Devonport Regional Gallery through the Peter Underwood Centre's Limitless Learning project. Dubbed It’s ok @ DRG, the guide is now available to all families visiting
Fulbright scholars awarded for US study

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14 Feb 2024: Three academics and alumni from the University of Tasmania have been recognised with prestigious Fulbright Scholarships. In areas across climate change communication, artificial intelligence in medicine and contemporary voice, the researchers will be
Conversations set out to explore Creative Antarctica

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11 Apr 2024: Australia’s most creative minds on Antarctica are coming together for a free series of conversations over three days at The Hedberg. Growlers, Bergy Bits and Behemoths, a series of four talks and an immersive art installation, will bring together
No nerves for Cosgrove High student thanks to Children's…

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9 Jan 2024: In a recent interview with Lucy Breaden on ABC Radio Hobart, Year 7 student Aiden provided firsthand insights into the transformative role of the Peter Underwood Centre’s Children's University Tasmania program in navigating the shift from primary
Applications open for Paris studio residency

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25 May 2023: Applications are open for the prestigious Rosamond McCulloch Studio Residency in Paris offered by the University of Tasmania. Up to six artists will have the opportunity to live and work in the studio, located in the heart of Paris in the
45,000 hours of extra-curricular learning and counting

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15 Jan 2024: Children’s University Tasmania has had its biggest year yet. Last November 742 young people graduated across nine ceremonies in Hobart, Launceston, Burnie and Devonport. Over 1,300 active Children’s University Tasmania members at 52 schools
Award-winning alumna puts art at centre of education

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24 Apr 2024: Katie Wightman is the Principal at Waverley Primary School. In 2022, she was awarded the Together We Inspire Telstra Innovation in Technology Award for her work delivering an online and face-to-face program to improve access, retention, engagement
Co-designing with kids

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5 Mar 2024: In community centres, galleries and museums in the North and North-West of Tasmania, the Limitless Learning program brings together staff from participating institutions and young people from local schools to jointly construct activities for future
Creative arts students take pop-up to TMAG

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11 Jul 2023: Creative Arts students have had the chance to perform as artists and curators with a speedy pop-up exhibition at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. Student artists had just two hours to install their show Low Expectations before the public arrived
‘Marie Antoinette’ awarded prestigious Paris arts residency

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9 May 2024: Ever dreamed of an artistic residency in Paris? For University of Tasmania alumna, writer and artist Helen Hopcroft, the dream will become a reality later this year, when she will spend a month writing in an apartment in the heart of the Marais
Creative Writing program at home in City of Literature

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13 Nov 2023: Hobart’s emergence as a literary hotspot has long been sustained by the talents of students, staff and alumni from the University. Now it is set to benefit more, with the newly named UNESCO City of Literature to be supported by the College of Arts,
Hema is using her legal training to be an advocate for the Earth

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27 Nov 2023: Hema Mahadevan is a firm believer that finding a fulfilling career is much more important than simply doing what is expected. Passionate about her work with Greenpeace Malaysia, Hema works to make a positive difference in the world. However, it was
‘We take this for granted’: why the ASEAN-Australia relationship…

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4 Mar 2024: Professor Nicholas Farrelly has co-authored the report Comprehensive Strategic Partners: ASEAN and Australia after the first 50 years, released for the start of the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit. This year marks 50 years since Australia established
Law School heads to Samoan parliament

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25 Aug 2023: Parliamentary staff in Samoa have tapped into the expertise of one of the University’s most respected political scientists, but the learning has gone both ways. Sixteen officers are undertaking a Graduate Certificate in Parliamentary Law and
UniGO student experience removing barriers to overseas study

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28 Nov 2023: A new, fully-funded student experience in Asia offered by the University of Tasmania is removing barriers to overseas study, with half of its participants offered financial scholarships to ensure they don’t miss out. The University Global
Students collaborate on Tasmania-first production

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11 Oct 2023: One play, two directors, two casts, two production teams. A work by one of Australia’s most in-demand playwrights will be staged in the state for the first time this month by two teams of University of Tasmania students in Hobart and
Community welcome for future doctors training on the Coast

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/community-welcome-for-future-doctors-training-on-the-coast

2 Feb 2024: Medical students moving and returning to the State’s North West were recently welcomed to the region. The University of Tasmania’s Rural Clinical School (RCS) hosted a community event at the Cradle Coast Campus in Burnie to celebrate the arrival
New simulator makes learning to drive a virtual reality

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23 Oct 2023: The University of Tasmania is helping communities on the Northwest coast put rubber to the road with a brand-new driving simulator based out of the Tech Solutions Hub in Burnie. The University’s driving simulator uses the myDRIVESCHOOL® software,
Music students’ hands-on class with Berlin Philharmonic master

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31 Aug 2023: Music students have taken a masterclass with internationally renowned horn player Stefan Dohr from the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Five horn players studying at the University joined the special class with Mr Dohr, who was in the state to perform
Transformation of The Makers complete

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20 Dec 2023: A new chapter has begun in Burnie for an iconic building transformed by the University of Tasmania into a technology and innovation hub to serve the North-West region. The $4+ million interior refurbishment of The Makers – located at West Park in
Statewide book club as University teams up with Tasmania Reads

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26 May 2023: Readers from across Tasmania will have the chance to come together for a statewide book club as the University teams up with Tasmania Reads. Book club meetings will take place in-person and online in July to discuss alumnus Robbie Arnott’s novel
300 celebrate graduation in Shanghai

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21 Jun 2023: Shanghai Ocean University recently hosted a highly successful graduation ceremony for more than 300 University of Tasmania students. More than 6,000 students have now graduated in Shanghai since 2002, when the joint program administered with AIEN
Art student’s secret to award-winning work

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4 Nov 2023: Patricia Coombe has a secret to capturing the misty images in her award-winning work: a triple pinhole camera. The Bachelor of Fine Arts student made her own version of the camera, which has three tiny pinholes, to create images of buildings that
Ossa Music Prize winner begins statewide tour

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25 Aug 2023: Ossa Music Prize-winning pianist Sarah Chick will undertake a seven-concert statewide tour from Wednesday, highlighting the work of women composers. The third-year Bachelor of Music student will take her presentation, Portraits: Women Composing
Community and campus precinct continues to flourish on the Coast

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/community-and-campus-precinct-continues-to-flourish-on-the-coast

19 Dec 2023: Visitors to the seaside City of Burnie now have more opportunities to take in the coastal setting thanks to outdoor transformation projects being led by the University of Tasmania. Work has been underway throughout 2023 to enhance areas surrounding
Students find their mojo with Dark Mofo

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21 Jun 2023: If Isabella Cooke wanted to see where her Dark Mofo internship might take her, she didn’t have far to look. Isabella’s mentor at Mofo, Communications Coordinator Keira Leonard, was herself a former intern at the festival. It made for a special
Children's University opens a new door to learning

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6 Jul 2023: For Michelle Wilson and her daughters Ashlegh and Alyssa, Children's University Tasmania has become an exciting part of daily life. Their involvement in Children's University began four years ago when the program was launched at the student's primary
Children's University art in residence at Government House

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11 Aug 2023: The Ballroom at Government House is doubling as an art gallery to display the amazing talent of Children's University Tasmania students. Government House, in collaboration with the Peter Underwood Centre, at the University of Tasmania, launched an
No stranger to exploration

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24 Oct 2023: Debby Ng left her home in Singapore to pursue her dream of studying conservation and environmental science in Tasmania, Australia. She chose the University of Tasmania because it offered her the opportunity to work on real-world projects that made a
Pioneering educator receives top award

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24 Oct 2023: Alumna and Associate Professor Clair Andersen has become the first Aboriginal person to receive a prestigious award from the Australian Council for Educational Leaders. Associate Professor Andersen has been awarded the ACEL’s Tasmanian Eminent
Alumnus to represent Australia at international music festival

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21 Jul 2023: Alumni composer Angus Davison has been selected to represent Australia at a prestigious international contemporary music showcase. Music graduate Angus’ piece Nigel will be presented at the International Society for Contemporary Music’s World New
Hadley’s student art prize announced

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24 Jul 2023: South Australian student Azi Hudson has been awarded the Hadley’s national art prize for senior secondary students, presented by the University of Tasmania. Azi’s painting Crosswind was selected by a panel of experts at the University and the